Merle Junk photograph, 1951, Susan Parish Collection, Washington State Archives, AR20090812-ph008135
The intersection of Fourth Avenue and Capitol Way is both literally and figuratively the center of Olympia. At one time the Kneeland Hotel stood here at the southwest corner; it had to be razed after the 1949 Earthquake. Soon after, the Goldberg family opened Goldberg’s furniture store here. The building design was considered bold and modern, designed by Olympia’s preeminent mid-Century architects Bennett and Johnston.
Text © Deborah Ross and The Olympian 2014